School basics 'cost parents £5,000'

Parents spend more than £5,000 kitting their children out with the basics for school, according to a study.

Providing a school uniform, sports kit and stationery costs parents £209.72 per child at the start of each school year or £5,033 for a family of two children over 12 years of education, the survey for Staples found.
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